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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hi there, I only see some clearing and some hard to interpret features. If you send me coordinates, I'll be happy to look in this in further detail (and with better context).

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Feb 27

It was great to have you board Beth. I look forward to hearing more about your research. And best wishes going forward!

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

The 2025 Earthlab Archaeological Micromorphology course (15-21 Feb 2025): 40h of microscopy covering technique basics & study of reference collections at UCL. Co-organised with Richard Macphail and supported by F. Glanville-Wallis. Amazing to meet many current/future colleagues from 15 countries.

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · Feb 6

We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!

Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺

#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky

a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone

Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone

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Trees DLA @treesdla.bsky.social · Jan 14

#TREES_ThemeTuesday: TREES (@treesdla.bsky.social) is offering PhD studentships in 9 themes across environmental science. 1 theme is …

Environmental Hazards & Pollution🔥🛢️

Search for projects and supervisors on the TREES website:
trees-dla.ac.uk/projects

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Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · Dec 22

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 23

Trees-DLA PhD applications now *open* for routes 1 and 2. Applications welcome for R1 Geoarchaeology/Archaeobotany project www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how..., co supervised by myself and Dorian Fuller. Deadline: 20 January 2025.

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 20

Just curious about the remark that it looks like a mask...

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Dr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · Dec 19

1) Postdoc job opportunities…join my TerraForm ERC project, at the University of Malta. One position for a geoarchaeologist and one in GIS/spatial analysis. The formal advert and application procedure will be out soon (and shared here), so I am releasing this as an early notice.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · Dec 12

A new Historic England research report is out on the date of Woodhenge. Great stuff (love a bit of sapwood targetting!) - suspicions that the bank and ditch were later were right and the main timber structure now precisely dated to the 27th century cal BC: historicengland.org.uk/research/res...

Woodhenge, Durrington, Wiltshire: Radiocarbon Dating and Chronological Modelling | Historic England

Research Report for Woodhenge, Durrington, Wiltshire: Radiocarbon Dating and Chronological Modelling

historicengland.org.uk

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 17

Join a great team! UCL Archaeology South East @archsoutheast.bsky.social are looking for a Geoarchaeologist...…! Deadline 5 January 2025. JD here: Https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=29558

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 17

A new volume edited by my colleague Stuart Brookes @br00kes.bsky.social. open access too library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... *press release:
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

Lordship and Landscape in East Anglia AD 400-800

A new volume on the Royal Centre at Rendlesham, Suffolk, co-edited by Stuart Brookes and Christopher Scull (UCL Institute of Archaeology), is now available.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Dec 17

2. Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.

@nannonstevens.bsky.social

More info and how to apply:

📲 bit.ly/3OXazD5

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 16

Another new @treesdla.bsky.social PhD project funded by NERC, supervised by Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social and Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social at the UCL Institute of Archaeology www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/est...

Establishing Limits of late Neanderthal Presence in Britain. | UCL Trees

For over a quarter of a century the late Neanderthal record of Britain has been considered to relate entirely to a short period between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago. This episode of reoccupation is tho...

www.trees-dla.ac.uk

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 14

Applications to Trees-DLA (
new NERC PhD training scheme for UCL, www.trees-dla.ac.uk), should open in next few days; the deadline is 20 January 2025. Do get in touch if Route 2 suits your ideas for a PhD project at the UCL Institute of Archaeology: Geoarchaeology, Landscape history, Amazonia...

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 12

I am very sorry to hear this Umberto. The calculation of the powers-that-be seems to be so narrow - heavy blinkers and petty accounting prevents them from grasping the importance of these outward-facing engagements with other researchers, from young to more experienced. Plain stupidity.

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 11

Trees DLA PhD opportunity at UCL Archaeology now open. DM for Qs. This scheme is highly competitive (applicants compete with others applying for PhDs within the Trees DLA). Open to UK and international students (awards cover UK university fees + living costs). www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...

How old is slash-and-burn in Amazonia? | UCL Trees

Slash-and-burn is the dominant strategy for plant cultivation in rural Amazonia yet its antiquity in pre-Colonial times is unclear. Ascertaining both its antiquity and differences compared to modern s...

www.trees-dla.ac.uk

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Trees DLA @treesdla.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚨 TREES Projects Are Live! 🚨
🌍 Over 120 PhD projects now available on the TREES website! Explore Route 1 projects or develop your own Route 2 proposal.
🗓️ Applications are open—deadline: 20th Jan 2025.
🔗 www.trees-dla.ac.uk
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #TREESDLA

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Dec 6

The Community Archaeology Geophysics Group (which grew out of the work led by Kris Lockyear (UCL IoA): "Sensing the Iron Age and Roman Past") has been presented with the prestigious Britannia Award by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.

Read more here:

bit.ly/3D2yzlq

#LocalAndGlobal

Britannia Award for Community Archaeology Geophysics Group

The Community Archaeology Geophysics Group has been presented with the prestigious Britannia Award by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Dec 6

Not one but two job alerts today!

Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m
Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O

Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025

#LocalAndGlobal

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Dec 6

Delighted to announce a funded PhD project in geoarchaeology/archaeobotany at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how.... The research will take place as part of the Brazil-UK project "Voices of Indigenous Amazonia" www.amazoniamaisdez.org.br/en/post/with...

How old is slash-and-burn in Amazonia? | UCL Trees

Slash-and-burn is the dominant strategy for plant cultivation in rural Amazonia yet its antiquity in pre-Colonial times is unclear. Ascertaining both its antiquity and differences compared to modern s...

www.trees-dla.ac.uk

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hello Bluesky 👋

#ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology

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Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

Hey Rachel!

Manuel Arroyo-Kalin @ioa-earthlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

Paywalled

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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · Nov 22

Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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